Internal Medicine: Open Access
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ISSN: 2165-8048
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ISSN: 2165-8048
+44-74-82-87-62-02
Fahdah Alokaily
Saudi Arabia
Research Article
Inflammatory Muscle Disease, 15-Year Experience at Tertiary Centers
Author(s): Suzan M Attar, Esraa A Babaeer, Maria A Bagais, Wed A Alrehaily, Mashail F Mozahim, Basem Aldeek, Fahdah Alokaily, Seham Alrashidi, Maysoon Albalawi, Matouga A Baamer, Sultana A Abdulaziz and Basant M ElnadySuzan M Attar, Esraa A Babaeer, Maria A Bagais, Wed A Alrehaily, Mashail F Mozahim, Basem Aldeek, Fahdah Alokaily, Seham Alrashidi, Maysoon Albalawi, Matouga A Baamer, Sultana A Abdulaziz and Basant M Elnady
Objectives: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of inflammatory muscle diseases with a paucity of data and literature from Saudi Arabia. The aim was to describe the demographics, evaluate clinical features, organ involvement, investigations, treatment strategies, and to assess factors affecting remission in IIM patients. Methods: We conducted this retrospective study at 5 medical tertiary centers in Saudi Arabia to analyze the records of patients with IIM from 1999 to 2014. Results: A total of 28 patients with IIM were identified with a female to male ratio of 3:1. Pure polymyositis accounted for (32.1%), pure dermatomyositis (21.4%), juvenile dermatomyositis (10.7%), and IIM mixed with connective tissue diseases (35.7%) of the patients. The most common presentation was proximal myopathy (93.9%). The muscu.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-8048.1000224